Formerly Head of Exploration and New Business, Mike was appointed as Technical Director in June 2019, with responsibility for all pre and pilot production activities relating to exploration and appraisal, new business, as well as the subsurface function. Mike has over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in a wide variety of exploration, exploitation and global business development roles. Prior to joining Genel in 2012, Mike worked in a series of technical and leadership positions for companies including British Gas, Amerada Hess, Gulf Keystone Petroleum and Sterling Energy. Mike holds an MSc in Petroleum Geology from Imperial College London and is a
Fellow of the Geological Society.